NGC 2894
| Galaxy NGC 2894 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 29 m 30.2 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 43 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007158 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2146 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2894 • UGC 5056 • PGC 26932 • CGCG 034-051 • MCG + 01-24-024 • IRAS F09268 + 0756 • 2MASX J09293024 + 0743077 • GC 1857 • H III 8 • h 603 • GALEX MSC J092930.35 + 074305.6 • HOLM 133A • LDCE 648 NED002 | |
NGC 2894 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 90 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2882 , NGC 2906 , IC 540 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 23, 1784 .
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